| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: XII
We will now describe the manner in which a trooper destined to run the
risks of battle upon horseback should be armed. In the first place,
then, we would insist, the corselet must be made to fit the person;
since, if it fits well, its weight will be distributed over the whole
body; whereas, if too loose, the shoulders will have all the weight to
bear, while, if too tight, the corselet is no longer a defensive arm,
but a "strait jacket."[1] Again, the neck, as being a vital part,[2]
ought to have, as we maintain, a covering, appended to the corselet
and close-fitting. This will serve as an ornament, and if made as it
ought to be, will conceal the rider's face--if so he chooses--up to
On Horsemanship |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: 'An'
then she let aout a turrible yell, an' says the shed daown the
rud had jest caved in like the storm bed blowed it over, only
the wind w'an't strong enough to dew that. Everybody was a-listenin',
an' we could hear lots o' folks on the wire a-gaspin'. All to
onct Sally she yelled again, an' says the front yard picket fence
hed just crumbled up, though they wa'n't no sign o' what done
it. Then everybody on the line could hear Cha'ncey an' old Seth
Bishop a-yellin' tew, an' Sally was shriekin' aout that suthin'
heavy hed struck the haouse - not lightnin' nor nothin', but suthin'
heavy again' the front, that kep' a-launchin' itself agin an'
The Dunwich Horror |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: of many successive days in what the French call the intimite
of their new friends. They agreed that it was extremely jolly,
that they had never known anything more agreeable.
It is not proposed to narrate minutely the incidents
of their sojourn on this charming shore; though if it were
convenient I might present a record of impressions nonetheless
delectable that they were not exhaustively analyzed.
Many of them still linger in the minds of our travelers,
attended by a train of harmonious images--images of brilliant
mornings on lawns and piazzas that overlooked the sea;
of innumerable pretty girls; of infinite lounging and talking
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